Max Altschuler is a venture capital investor at GTMFund who brings an unusual full-cycle founder experience, having built Sales Hacker from a 4-person meetup into a 30-city global community before exiting it, then later re-acquiring and folding it into the GTMfund ecosystem as GTMnow. As a best-selling GTM author and former operator at companies like Udemy and Outreach, he uses his hands-on experience building modern SaaS go-to-market machines to provide tactical, operator-centric support to founders rather than traditional finance-focused venture advice.

• Prioritizing go to market strategies as the true catalyst for product market fit. The core philosophy is that deep customer development drives faster scaling, which is why there is a strong preference for backing seasoned operators or even individuals with law degrees who can clearly pitch specific use cases from day one.
• Building long term relationships and matching relentless work ethics. Investments at the pre seed stage are often driven by connections nurtured over a decade before a founder even launches a new company. This dedication is matched by a willingness to work intense hours, proven by winning a competitive deal during a major holiday weekend simply by being constantly available.
• Tracking open source technology and the physical infrastructure behind artificial intelligence. There is a strong conviction that open source is the future of software, alongside a belief that small cap chip and data center supply chain companies will experience explosive growth over the next few years similar to past cryptocurrency booms.
• Extracting macro market trends through consistent conversations with top tier fund managers. Regularly analyzes both public and private markets to identify where the landscape is shifting, often sharing these findings by breaking down the underlying strategies of leading venture capital partners on a dedicated media platform.